Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-28
,ro>,EN FCUIIAToRs.
,,;ncnt on the Floor OF the i'eA'
Lst.,te Exchange. =

WOMEN NPt Co.iH ! e
on,be Floor of the Real
Estate Exchange.
March 2G.-It strikes
a. odd at first to notice iaui
vi no tbrong OF men on the maro9
onE ot the Real Estate ExchangiT
ea ~ street. where sometimes sTI
L aao lr - of property is sold in thre9
w. .'rs Of an hour at the auction stanof|
''' ,or grown wealthy in the rea.'
4ere ne sinoss and raise their voices Ia
&aIe UU tra6e like priests OF commerce
Rnt Vi lies are members OF the EX-
skeNelaii .nInding a daughter OF David u;
Rnge' .hn husband Of Jennie June ana
foly, vne editor of the World. Ihere
re MA" Shrinking of women IN tne
paw THey gather around the ap!ct oon
pWa. ond bid themselves
Lruh szn 900 or more, according TO the
lue VI no, Tm nav a matter-of-fact lady OF
hirth bought two nVe-story
Tl Ia. dwellings in one Huhdreu
p"ns.0n y.fitth street, near the SeVen1n
~ boulevard, for $50 300. A young
euu n hardly more than a glrt pau
u non TOW a mousse: another bid $29,oUO,
f'vUod four.story house in west Forty-
wv u!S street. near Broadway. me ladles
Ply tIif"res "a speculators in Wall street
= 'o o. the Produce Exchange. AS IN the
" " NJ Terror the guilloune spared
' tn COY so in the fever OF speculation
l'nv artat decapitates financially with
4 ~ nGiinnnnertiality the man or the woman
Feii Sannens TO be under the knife. Thls
~ n"p piotning that the average
so~ cannot endure. She specu-
stas too much, moreover, On
ere impulse or sentiment. Men 40 tnaC
II Int not to so large an extent. FOR
II Hettv Green, with man-hke ca
pcitv for finance, there are thousands OF
IN sex WHO seem by nature unntIeu 10
Zee the dangers OF speculation ana
LspM airing. They weep when they lose'
rd don't see how it can be. Iney are
p,rs thew have been cheated. That broker
enst he a rascal, and too mean FOR any
bInC On an elevated railroad train the
4 nor day beautiful woman or perhaps
n IN cl0se.fitting tailor-made suit, in
h. next seat, remarked to lady COM
Vow nv dear, | will see what my
tocv is quoted" She turned to the Wall
JTeet article in the evening paper which
he held IN masculine fashion, and In a
me that was unavoidably audible, said:
1Why. it doesn't change at all. 1t just
tays at the same price. That is great.
! lust ought to go up"
II was only a straw, but 1t shows
which way the wind is blowing. Ladies
oae in Wall street, but new aspirants for
I'M money or fortunes are not wanting.
n the real estate transactions already
mentioned they show to better advantage.
hey are not so apt TO get beyond their
eptb. They pay considerable cash and
hen give a mortgage, for which they pro-
ide with more shrewdness and prudence
han MANY men would do, fact which
bows that women with proper training
would develop a high degree of skill in
BUSINESS, as, indeed, not a few have al
eady Shown.
Among the members of the Real Estate
Exchange, by the way, are John, Jacob
nd William Astor, who are perhaps the
argest holders OF real estate in the city.
he Astors own so much real estate that
does not pay to insure it. The loss of
ouse or two now and then out OF some
undreds would not be so serious as the
insurance charges on the whole estate.
IS to the general subject OF real estate
here is no boom here, but there is an in
reasing investment demand and prices
re a little higher than year ago.
This is the era of great railroad organi-
atoms and consultations. AS in politi-
al systems so in business. The tendency
. or1 n Hno
What struggles In former ages to bring
ingdOms and provinces into empires
nder the rule of Cyrus, or Alexander, or
ulius Caesar; what fierce contentious to
ring about the unification of Italy and
be consolidation of German States, not
} mention those horrors OF war to pre-
erve the American Union. And so in
and Tor the moment more no.
ceable In railroads. We shall yet have
great route from New York to the South,
nd the so-called Baltimore ana Ohio
eaP' is regarded with increasing inter-
y. 1t will probably yet be effected in
Wectl0n with the now famous Rich
a. Terminal, which swallowed its
! II. the Richmond and DAnville, and
ee digestion equal to the maoeration
.aIs Baltimore and Ohio. | see, by the
3 that there is no truth in the rumor
st Alfred Sully was to be displaced as
~ 4ldent Of the Richmond Terminal.
ijR Is now, OF course, generally known,
sfit would be interesting If the secret
gory OF these negotiations and rumors-
..cK at times with venom, spite and
>lousy--cOuld be given. don't know
aetner Mr.. Sully is used to the envy
I'd malice of financial lagos or
Ct, but every other financial leader
8 been called fool or
laVe and had to surmount obstacles
ga Dy jealousy, and he will probably
re no better than the rest in this res pect.
course this particular matter'fs OF no
peclal Importance, except as afYording
interesting insight into the experience
millIonalres which may we'll reconcile
philosopher TO his poverty. 1t tends to
aAe tne refectlVe mind rather disguised
itn all street and the whole atmos-
lere OF nnance. AS to this great "deaP'
perhaps the most important in our rail-
-" ", nislory-lt is very carefully watched
all street. Commission houses look
l.s happy contamination as a RANT bow
nope, prem guring halcyon DAYS OF more
,mo speculation and higher prices to
, ms" now some of the commission
,,a'd, manage to scrape along with no
issue demand for stocks is one OF the
'oiutaDle mysteries of the "Street."
OSCAR NnLLoUGHBY RIGGS.
'"NiAL AND ACCOMPLISHED.